Hygiene

Freddio

Not sure where to post this - please move accordingly

I was in Temple Street Children's Hospital A and E dept last night, and my child was momentarily dealt with by a Doctor who was in heavy make up, had false manicured nails and had cold sores on her face. I was disgusted with the treatment my son and I received (thankfully hes fine) from some of the staff.

My question is, are there no standards in the HSE, or is there just a loose set of rules which can be implemented if your feeling like it?

TeddyTedson

Freddio wrote: »

Not sure where to post this - please move accordingly

I was in Temple Street Children's Hospital A and E dept last night, and my child was momentarily dealt with by a Doctor who was in heavy make up, had false manicured nails and had cold sores on her face. I was disgusted with the treatment my son and I received (thankfully hes fine) from some of the staff.

My question is, are there no standards in the HSE, or is there just a loose set of rules which can be implemented if your feeling like it?

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or thanks whore, but what's your problem here?

Dudess

Freddio wrote: »

Not sure where to post this - please move accordingly

I was in Temple Street Children's Hospital A and E dept last night, and my child was momentarily dealt with by a Doctor who was in heavy make up, had false manicured nails and had cold sores on her face. I was disgusted with the treatment my son and I received (thankfully hes fine) from some of the staff.

My question is, are there no standards in the HSE, or is there just a loose set of rules which can be implemented if your feeling like it?

What treatment were you disgusted by?

Biggins

The main thing is that your child was treated/seen to.
If there was any chance of something infectious being passed, I'm fairly sure set-up protocol procedures would have kicked in.

xzanti

I think you're mixing Doctors up with Deli Staff.

looksee

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or thanks whore, but what's your problem here?

If the story is as straightforward as the OP suggests, then he/she is right to be concerned. False nails have no place in a hospital - they would certainly not be allowed in a food factory - and cold sores can kill a young baby.

mikom

Freddio wrote: »

had cold sores on her face.

Did the doctor shift your child?

TheZohanS

Freddio wrote: »

Not sure where to post this - please move accordingly

I was in Temple Street Children's Hospital A and E dept last night, and my child was momentarily dealt with by a Doctor who was in heavy make up, had false manicured nails and had cold sores on her face. I was disgusted with the treatment my son and I received (thankfully hes fine) from some of the staff.

My question is, are there no standards in the HSE, or is there just a loose set of rules which can be implemented if your feeling like it?

Maybe Uranus.

TeddyTedson

looksee wrote: »

If the story is as straightforward as the OP suggests, then he/she is right to be concerned. False nails have no place in a hospital - they would certainly not be allowed in a food factory - and cold sores can kill a young baby.

I'm a bit ignorant in this regard and didn't realise about cold sores, but what's the problem with false nails. Surely there's nothing wrong with that?

Freddio

why was i disgusted?

being told they were monitoring my son, after he spent 2 and a half hours with me in the waiting room ignored.

being told to wait in a certain spot where he had to be contained as it was a and e and waiting another hour instead of 5 minutes promised before he was then seen by a member of staff who was walking around like a headless chicken in front of me for that hour

the list goes on

Biggins

looksee wrote: »

If the story is as straightforward as the OP suggests, then he/she is right to be concerned. False nails have no place in a hospital - they would certainly not be allowed in a food factory - and cold sores can kill a young baby.

...And in a hospital where there is many other medical staff to see whats going on, I would guess someone would say something to the head of the appropriate department if there was cause for concern.

We also don't know the extent of these sores. Are they huge, mild, dying, non-infectious type?
There is a lot we don't know - buts let some rush to condemn anyway!

As a dad of four kids, I'd be just damn glad to have any of my kids seen to, knowing there is generally work rules and procedures just as much in a hospital as a factory floor.

Freddio wrote: »

why was i disgusted?

being told they were monitoring my son, after he spent 2 and a half hours with me in the waiting room ignored.

being told to wait in a certain spot where he had to be contained as it was a and e and waiting another hour instead of 5 minutes promised before he was then seen by a member of staff who was walking around like a headless chicken in front of me for that hour

the list goes on

Sounds like you had a bad time but I wouldn't hit out first at a woman for firstly fearing one isn't aware of any other extenuating facts.

The best you can do is write by registered post "a letter of concern" (don't say "complaint") - if there needs things improving, its only by the public catching them out/drawing their attention to such areas, that things can change.
Will you write that letter?
Many sadly wouldn't and thus more often than not, bugger all gets changed - and we wonder why!

jaffacakesyum

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or thanks whore, but what's your problem here?

Having worked in a hospital we were always told to have short nails. While it's not always adhered to 100% by everyone that works in hospital, it is ideal, as long nails (real or false) can harbour germs and bacteria that you can't get rid of from washing your hands.

We were also told light makeup if any. Although, I wouldn't be too bothered if someone had heavy makeup on. And of course, it's not anyones fault if you have cold sores on your face.

I think the only issue here is the false nails. She shouldn't be wearing them to hospital.

stovelid

If doctors were taking time off over a few cold sores, you and others would probably just be moaning about staff levels.

Your OP is confusing: might have been better expansding on what the bad treatment was that you alluded to instead of just foregrounding what seems to be trivial stuff about the appearance of the doctor.

looksee wrote: »

and cold sores can kill a young baby.

Myself and my kids have dodged death a few times, so.

TeddyTedson

Freddio wrote: »

why was i disgusted?

being told they were monitoring my son, after he spent 2 and a half hours with me in the waiting room ignored.

being told to wait in a certain spot where he had to be contained as it was a and e and waiting another hour instead of 5 minutes promised before he was then seen by a member of staff who was walking around like a headless chicken in front of me for that hour

the list goes on

You're getting in to a different argument here

Ellis Dee

Maybe it's not relevant to this particular thread, but I recently went to a polyclinic in Helsinki to get a flu shot. While there I noticed posters asking clients to have understanding for the fact that doctors and nurses had been advised that, in the interests of hygiene and infection-prevention, the practice of shaking hands upon meeting clients should be abandoned.

When I had an operation in the same city about a year earlier, I was quizzed on my recent peregrinations and when I mentioned that I lived a lot of the time in Ireland, I was immediately tested for some kind of "dangerous hospital bug" (MRSA if memory serves), but the test proved negative.:)

Freddio

stovelid wrote: »

If doctors were taking time off over a few cold sores, you and others would probably just be moaning about staff levels.

Your OP is confusing: might have been better expansding on what the bad treatment was that you alluded to instead of just foregrounding what seems to be trivial stuff about the appearance of the doctor.

the place went to a stand still for 2 hours because 1 accident came in.

I don't have a problem with that.

On it being another argument, my issue is that the place seems to be run like the blind leading the blind, and that there are no standards

Dudess

Freddio wrote: »

why was i disgusted?

being told they were monitoring my son, after he spent 2 and a half hours with me in the waiting room ignored.

being told to wait in a certain spot where he had to be contained as it was a and e and waiting another hour instead of 5 minutes promised before he was then seen by a member of staff who was walking around like a headless chicken in front of me for that hour

the list goes on

Just running around? Not doing anything? It's due to staff shortages - they weren't out to make things unpleasant for you.

biko

Freddio wrote: »

my child was momentarily dealt with by a Doctor who was in heavy make up, had false manicured nails and had cold sores on her face.

If you have issue with the hygiene standard of some hospital in Dublin you should probably take it up with them, not the internet.
Check their website and speak to the hospital manager.

Super-Rush

I think you might be better off ringing Joe Duffy or lodging a complaint with the HSE.